NOBREGA v. TRUSTEES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY (NO. 2) [1999] NSWCA 133

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : NOBREGA v. TRUSTEES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY (NO. 2) [1999] NSWCA 133 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40531/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 March 1999 and Written Submissions JUDGMENT DATE : 21 May 1999

PARTIES : TONY NOBREGA by his next friend LUDOVINA NOBREGA (Appellant) THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Powell JA at 2; Sheppard AJA at 24

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : DC7250/95 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Patten DCJ

COUNSEL : M.J. Joseph SC/I. Asuzi (Appellant) S.A. Woods (Respondent) SOLICITORS : White Barnes (Appellant) Shaw McDonald (Responent) CATCHWORDS : COSTS - Of appeal - Departing from general rule - Offers of compromise - Made otherwise than in accordance with Supreme Court Rules Evidence Act 1995 s.131(1) ACTS CITED : (2)(h): SCR Pt 52A r.22 Calderbank v. Calderbank [1976] Fam 93 Messiter v. Hutchinson (1987) 10 NSWLR 525 CASES CITED: Amev Finance Limited v. Artes Studios Thoroughbreds Pty. Limited (1988) 13 NSWLR 486 Bruinsma v. Menczer (1995) 40 NSWLR 716 Sanko Steamship Co. Limited v. Sumitomo Australia Limited FED No. 22/96 Fotheringham v. Fotheringham (No. 2) [1999] NSWCA 21 DECISION : Order made

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40531/97 DC 7250/95